Department News

“We are very
excited to receive such a strong endorsement from the U.S. Department of
Defense,” said Ganna Bilousova, a professor of dermatology at CU School
of Medicine and member of the consortium. “It is extremely difficult to advance
any type of novel therapies into the clinic without the benefit of compelling
government interest and support.”​

On Buddy
Check9 Day, Neil Box and Robert Dellavalle, both from the
University of Colorado, talk about skin cancer. Box: “The other thing that
people don’t realize is that sunburns and excessive sun damage actually age
your skin, making you look a lot older at a younger age.”

Dellavalle:
“One of the things that we’re excited about is a camera that can show hidden UV
damage.”​

You
might have noticed some comically high-SPF sunscreens lining drugstore shelves.
According to Theresa Pacheco, of University of Colorado–Denver, “SPF 15 is
good. SPF 30 is better.” Anything higher, she says, doesn’t make much of a
difference. An SPF 15 sunscreen will block about 93 percent of UVB rays,
compared to 97 percent for SPF 30 and 98 percent for SPF 50.